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Columnists
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The 19-year-old Test Lion would become the subject of rugby's record transfer fee, and played at Lord's
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: The hidden Wales aces making life tough for regions
Peter Jackson looks at the lack of playing time regions are getting from their Wales stars
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Columnists
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After his own experience in Japan, Shane Williams can understand why Hadleigh Parkes would move to Japan
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Thinking cap back on please, Laporte!
Bernard Laporte made some outlandish claim to ditch the Champions Cup without any evidence of its limitations
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoThe briefest argument for why the Championship is invaluable to English rugby
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Brendan Gallagher
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Columnists
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The World Cup is the only thing that has eluded Eddie Jones so far
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions Tour contenders RANKED – England’s No.1 Joe Marler can stymie Malherbe
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Club Rugby
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Brendan Gallagher
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: Marquee players could take bigger hit to wages
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 try saving tackles of all time: No.10-6
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Rugby’s quickest ever player? Look no further than the man dubbed ‘Marlon Brando’
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Now World Rugby has to help out the needy
Shane Williams on the severity of the situation facing Welsh rugby, but believes the WRPA is much-improved from his playing days
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: End the 50:22 sideshow and sort out the scrum
Jeremy Guscott argues why the proposed 50:22 kicking law is an absurd oversight of the game's more pressing changes required
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHarrington column: Top 14 in turmoil with no option to cut player wages
It has been estimated the Top 14 will lose up to €100m (£88m) if the season was cancelled
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 try saving tackles of all time: No.15-11
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Earn your wedge, Eddie by enthusing Joe Marler to carry on
Eddie Jones will have to make it a priority to keep Joe Marler around
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Pity the players who can’t say goodbye to rugby properly
Peter Jackson looks at some of the players who appear unlikely to be able to bring the curtain down on their...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHewett column: Loyalty of Jackson Wray is a beacon for rugby
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 try saving tackles of all time: No.20-16
One of the great World Cup tackles from Japan's Ayumu Goromaru
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 tries of all time countdown: No.1-5
Our countdown of the greatest tries reaches No.1
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWe must go down, reprieve would cause bitterness – Saracens coach Alex Sanderson
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Kenny’s challenge taught me when to fold ’em!
You're a rugby writer in a Paris hotel room at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and you call Kenny Rogers...
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Columnists
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Jeff Probyn has found himself watching old rugby clips on Youtube and sees a more balanced game than the modern day
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 tries of all time countdown: No.6-10
A British & Irish Lions classic from 2017 features as Brendan Gallagher continues his countdown
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoTime for these slow-goers to get a move on with their kicks at goal
Clocking the players who take their time kicking penalties - who is the worst culprit?
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Taine Basham leads charge for Wales’ next generation
Shane Williams casts his eye over Wales' crop of emerging Test talent, and feels Taine Basham is up to the task
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Muscleman Chris Jones rates power of prayer now
Peter Jackson journeys back to the Vale in the 1980s by having a chat with Treorchy's 'Hatchet prop' Chris Jones
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 tries of all time countdown: No.11-15
Part Two of our four-part special features Jonah Lomu and JPR Williams
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: These RFU cuts should be permanent
The RFU top brass can help Championship clubs and the grassroots by making their 25 per cent wage cuts permanent
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Columnists
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For a third consecutive tour of South Africa, the British & Irish Lions will be facing a world champion team
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 tries of all time countdown: No.16-20
The de facto list of rugby's best ever tries. Part one of our four-part story drops with Christian Cullen featuring
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: All our yesterdays come gloriously alive again
Brendan Gallagher has found himself looking at the treasure trove of rugby videos on Youtube...
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Columnists
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James Harrington points out the three options open to the Top 14 and Pro D2
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Columnists
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Peter Jackson explains why Wales need tighthead prop now more than ever given their selection policy
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Dan Lydiate is crucial to Ospreys’ revival
Incoming head coach Toby Booth can place all his reliance in flanker Lydiate, writes Williams
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: This rush to closure just creates even more confusion
Nick Cain writes on how life in the Championship have been sent into more controversy by the RFU
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHewett column: Now, more than ever, the game needs strong leadership
Never let a good crisis go to waste. Winston Churchill, no less, was busily preparing the ground for the formation of...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Why have flying 10s like Dan Carter disappeared?
Jeremy Guscott takes a special look at how the evolution of the role of centres has changed things for fly-halves
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoMy 15 Kings of the North
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Columnists
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Peter Jackson analyses the poker face of Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones through his years sat in front of the media
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: High time Sale Sharks got the recognition they merit
Underappreciated in the sporting hub of greater Manchester? Brendan Gallagher looks at the unheralded success of Sale
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoWhen Fran Cotton folded Paper, England’s Grand Slam was on
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLevelling up – Regionalised leagues would strengthen the club game
A lop-sided National One leaves the North-South divide looking uncertain
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Llandow disaster turned triumph into tragedy
Brendan Gallagher recalls the tragedy of the Llandow Air Disaster
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Keep the faith, Wales are showing promise
Shane Williams lends his backing to Wayne Pivac after finding new pieces to further Wales
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Cut subs to put the emphasis on attack
The number of replacements permissible allows coaches to make like-for-like changes. That needs to end, writes Jeremy Guscott
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Manu Tuilagi ban is a travesty and insult to courage
Nick Cain says rugby risks losing its definition as a contact sport if a red card is what was warranted to...
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Columnists
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